Beefsteak fungus
an edible bracket fungus, fistulina hepatica, that grows on trees and can rot the heartwood of living oaks and chestnuts.
noun
an edible reddish bracket fungus, fistulina hepatica, that grows esp on oak trees and oozes a bloodlike juice
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